Portable fence



' (No Model.)

' M. STEFPEE.

v PORTABLE FENCE. No. 577,460.

Patented Feb. 23, 1897.

WITNESSES:

Maw,

ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MANSON STEFFEE, OF IRON MOUNTAIN, MONTANA.

PORTABLE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,460, dated February 23, 1897.

Application filed October 6, 1896 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MANSON Srnnrnna citizen of the United States, residing at Iron Mountain, in the county of Missoula and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Fences; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The special object of the invention is to suspend each panel of a portable fence between cross-stakes and so brace it at the sides that it cannot move in a vertical transverse plane. I thus make a fence which is easily removable from place to place, while it is perfectly secure against stock or storm.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of my fence, and Fig. 2 an end elevation.

In the drawings, A represents the panel of my fence, the same consisting of the horizontal rails, all lapping those of the adjacent panels and secured near, but not at, the ends by the vertical stiles CL, the rail ends of the top rails being provided with an extension a, which rests in the crotch or intersection of the cross-stakes B B. This enables the panel to be suspended between two pairs of stakes, so that it may be quickly removed or put in position.

O O are two diagonal braces which I fasten SerialNo. 607,988. (No model.)

on the opposite sides of the panel, so that they will cross each other about the middle and press down to the ground.

The cross-stakes are fastened only at the top by an iron rod, wire, or wooden board, so as to prevent them from spreading apart. The stakes, being arranged at right angles to the line of the fence and their lower ends made to enter the ground a short distance, form a strong and permanent support to the panels, while braces O O, being pivoted at the upper end to the top rail, pass diagonally through keepers D to the ground, which they are pressed into slightly, so as to keep the pendent panels in alinement and from falling endwise or sagging. They are adjustable in the keepers, so as to be adapted to land more or less hilly, but need not be used on every panel.

What I claim as new is In a fence-panel supported by the top rail on transverse cross-stakes and having the rails connected by vertical stiles, the diagonal cross-braces O O, end pivoted on opposite sides of the panel to the top rail, passing through keepers near bottom of the panel and extending into the ground as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MANSON STEFFEE.

Witnesses:

HENRY CAMPBELL, L. H. ALLISON. 

